New Forms of Bottled Sunshine


During the "Dark Months," Vitally Speaking, It Is Still Possible As Well as Important to Enjoy Sunshine Values Now Provided by the Progress of Science
By Milo Hastings
VITAMIN D, "the sunshine vitamin," has received more attention than any other vitamin, or, for that matter, than anything else in modern nutritional science. All this discussion, and the claims and counterclaims regarding various ways by which we should get our supply of vitamin D, has led to considerable confusion. The purpose of this article is to try to clear up that confusion.
One source for a very excusable misunderstanding regarding this unique vitamin comes from a belief that a diet composed of a variety of natural foods should supply us with all the elements needed for complete nutrition and ideal health. That belief is soundly based on general nutritional law, and there is no better rule of health. But vitamin D furnishes the exception that proves the rule. No list of foods that would likely be selected by any people, savage or civilized, would furnish enough vitamin D to maintain ideal growth or maximum health!